... Tha Mexakinz, Ila Arun, Patrick Wolf, PJ Harvey, Beck, Faure, the Bloodhound gang, Diana Ross, Chet Atkins, Django Reinhardt, the musical Chess, the soundtrack to ’Kalnayak’, Farse, Polysics, squarepusher, Girls Aloud, Clearlake, Tinariwen, baby panda bears, Elvis Presley, lhasa de sela, Salt n Pepa ....
This is the sound of another world, a lo-fi sighing, almost dangerous world. It is the sound of a glass world, a mirror world about to shatter from vibrations and whispers. It is a mix of the scary gypsy queen and the fragile fairy princess.
These are songs stolen shy from reflections upon nervous water.
These are magic chants, revealing what hides beneath the dreaming lovers eyelids.
These are gently twisted Pop songs, they rumble and roll using Folk as a mere departure point
And in ‘make me happy’ lies the secret of Bilkis, tunes that drift by the soul, then dart sideways , sinking sneaking in, and when u go to sleep tonight dear listener
The soundtrack to this other world shall be playing.
Martin from http://nbtmusic.wordpress.com
’unlike anything else I’ve listened to this month. There’s a kind of devil may care attitude at work here where tracks stop when you think they will carry on, where vocals harmonies spiral in all sorts of directions...’ shane blanchard , tasty fanzine
’there is a disguised haunting quality in her low-key folk and expert
harmonics. A sharp balance of ukulele pluck, pinpoint guitar strum,
elementary percussion and programmed sounds complement the gorgeous vocal soak’ - Vanity project Issue 14
’on one level the songs can be admired for their intuitive craftsmanship and self-awareness but can also flow with a hypnotic grace that sprinkles some magic to set the hairs on end’ - Whisperin and Hollerin
’Rather like nouvelle cuisine but without the wankyness’, manchestermusic.co.uk
hi Soph, yes Im a painter again. They're not very demanding but I'm confident of selling them. Can't say im missing working for the Man but I'd like to start earning some money soon. Weather is gorgeous, baking hot followed by huge thunderstorms. Hope the music is going well, lots of love, ROland.
Thank you! Unfortunately they are not my own but merely a way I wallpaper my profile. the top one is by an artist called Deanne Cheuk, and the 'Deadly Gaze' owl art by another girl, who is with scrawl collective called Cat. Saw you at Slaughtered Lamb last week and thought you were great, hope you have some material coming out soon x
No, no readings upcoming, not compelled to do any for awhile, working on new work mostly. You know I love your songs and sounds but I hope I can hear some of your own new stuff one of these days. keep well xo
Hey Sophie, hope you're doing good, that's cool your going to play at Littlest Birds, I know those folks, I told them about you a while ago. Might see/hear ya there. cx
Bonjour chérie, did you have a good Easter? Hope you had lots of delicious chocolate. Thanks for the Siamese twins video, I thought it might come back and haunt me!! xx
Interview with headliners They Came From The Stars (I Saw Them) online now at www.bigcityredneck.co.uk
They Came From The Stars I Saw Them www.myspace.com/theycamefromthestarsisawthem “One of the highlights of my year, without a doubt. Visionaries follow their muse regardless of the world around them and that couldn't be more true of they came from the stars I saw them... Numbering as many as 30 in the past, they've now trimmed down to a more manageable four-piece, but their music is still as astonishingly catchy as ever, somehow combining krautrock, space rock, free jazz, soul and funk into a pure pop concoction... with brilliant titles and wonderful, hypnotic singalong tunes.... ahead of their time... John Kennedy on XFM and in Dazed Confused
White Man Kamikaze www.myspace.com/kamikazearmy “They got the voice of the Pistols and the sound of the Clash. It’s a dream combo and to hear is to believe!” Who’s Jack
Shimmy Rivers And And Canal http://www.myspace.com/shimmyriversandandcanal “Most likely to be mistaken for some kind of typo, Shimmy Rivers and and Canal have a bi-weekly show on Resonance FM and a great retro website. Can one band really sound like Nick Cave singing in the B52s?” Drowned in Sound
Bow Mods http://www.myspace.com/bowmods “What a great record!” Tom Robinson, BBC6Music
Hi,Sophie! I am fine. How are you? Yeah,I am in Japan. Of course, I want to go to live in London again! I am drinking a cup of English tea now!! very good. :)
